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The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1887-02-26
Public Sale!
Public Sale


VIII sell at public sale on the premises
of the subscriber, ON the road leading
from Lewisville to Elkton, known as the
Brick Hill Farm, on
SATURDAY, Fen. 20, 81, at 10 o'clock Il. m:
II head Of horses and colts, No. , bav
horse, Tennis, 10 yrs Old, sound and all
right, good worker and driver no. y.
brown horse, Billy. S yrs old, good work
er. No. ,, brown horse, Dexter, S yrs old.
good worker. No. 4, brown mule. ~ yrs
old, good worker. and Il single line lead
cr No. y, Il stallion, Moscow, IL hands
high, VT. 100 lbs, jet black, & yrs. old,
sound and alright, and an excellent driv-
cr, No 6. black mare, Collie. 10 Yrs old.
sound and all right, good worker and
driver. No. :, bay horse yrs old. Nos.
S and ., . colts, gilt edge stock, coming /
year old. No. 10, stallion, Lewis, sired
by Gilt Edge, yrs old good driver and
work everywhere. % head of horned
cattled. cows, 2with calves at their side.
Balance close springers registered
Guernsey bull, 3 yrs. old, and lG hcifcrs
and steers from to years old. Also ~
ewes, some with lambs at side and the
balance close TO lambing, and brood
SOW. Farming implement. ! two-horse
wagon, three-horse wagon, dump cart,
! three-spring market wagon, / butcher
wagon in good order, | Germantown car
riage in good order, . jaeger wagons in
good order, / leather top buggy, nearly
new; one road sulsey, | sleigh, / cham
pion 7-foot binder, all in good order. new
last harvest, hay tedder, new last harvest.
steel tooth horse rake, Peerless threshing
engine, 6 horse power and Eclipse clean
err, 3O-inch cylinder, ~ inch separator. all
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because of the faithful resemblance
Of this great tragedienne to her pre-
decessor, to whom she was more
comparable perhaps than any wom-
an on the contemporary stage. Nine
Janauschek has too, earned the
encomiums of the play goers of the
period for her part in the elevation
of the stage far above the ranks of
low comedy solely by her true in
stint and dramatic art. She has per-
petuated her name and her art, vet
she has no worthy immediate fol-
lower.
Mr.. Wilson Barrett the English
actor and playwright, whose Amer
lean tour, under the admirable man.
agement of Mr.. Clark Sammis has
resulted in adding new and mani
fold laurels to his career will again
be seen in Philadelphia next week
at the Opera House. 1t is difficult
to place Mr.. Barrett on the stage; he
is not great tradegedian; he has
not the power, the passion of a
Booth or a Salvini; he probably
would not undertake some o. their
roles, much less be able to Undue
them with the dramatic intensity
and fire of the original creations.
Mr.. Barrett's success lies in his own
strong individuality as an even fin
ished and admirable actor, as a sue.
cesrful manager and conscientious
playwright. With these essential
and eoncomitant features he has
made remarkable and permanent
success in this country and though
the characteristics of several plays
in his repertoire do not escape crit
icism from those idealists of the
drama who insist that play must
be founded upon, and be the simple
embodiment Of a righteous and
perfect sentiment. His "Cliton is
beautiful work upon the stage, show
ing remarkable literary power; it is
weak though in delicate point of
morals. His latest production is
stronger, structurally and scenically
than anything in this line. 1t is
called "Claudian," and is a story of
Byzanthan life and is rich in the
bright coloring and dramatic ina
gerry of a voluptuous life in the ORR
ent. The denoument is punished in
a realistic aud wonderful earthquake
scene, which is a triumph of me-
chanical skill and effectiveness.
LOBBY LoUNGER.
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HINTS FROM THE JAPANESE.


How We Could Learn from the Mikado'a
People to simplify Our Homes.
We have been looking at some Japan
ese dwellings, interiors. How simple
they are! how little furniture or adorn-
ment! how few "things" to care for and
be anxious about! Now the Japanese ara
a very ancient people. They are people
of high breeding, polish, refinement.
They are in some respects like the Chi
nese, who have passed through ages and
cycles of experience, worn out about all
the PHILOSOPHERS and religions then on.
and come out on the other side of every
thing. They have learned to take things
rather easily, not to fret, and to get on
without great many encumbrances that
we still YEARLY carry along.
When we look at the Japanese houses
and at their comparatively simple life,
are we warranted in saying that they are
behind us in civilization? May it not be
true that they have lived through all our
experience and come down to an easy
modus vivendi? They may have had
their bric-a-brac period, their overload
ing-establishment age, their various
measles stages Of civilization before they
reached condition in which life is a
comparatively simple affair. This
thought must strike any one who sees
the present Japanese craze in this coun-
try. For, instead of adopting the Jap
anese simplicity in our dwellings, we are
adding the Japanese excentricities to our
other accumulations of odds and ends
from all creation and increasing the in
congruity and the complication of our
daily life
What helpless being is the housewife
in the midst of her treasures. The
Drawer has had occasion to speak lately
of the recent enthusiasm in this country
for the cultivation of the mind" 1t has
become almost a fashion. Clubs are
formed for this express purpose. But
what chance is there for it in the in
creased anxieties of our more and more
involved and overloaded domestic life:
Suppose we have clubs-Japanese clubs
they might be called-for the simplifica-
ton of our dwellings and for getting rid
of much of our embarrassing menage!-
Charles Dudley Warner in Harper's Hag-
azine.
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ITRE hEDGER'S BFGR TELK.

Fifty terrapin wanted at this Office
Brcakwatcr Light
No, Thanks, Brother Knowles, terra
pin supper is tempting, but the walking
is bail.
4 scab job office in Baltimore had n
drummer in town on Friday canvassing
for three cent jObs.-Midland Journal.
You are correct. Men give these
tamp-printcr drummers work in prefer
cnec to home offices. Stick to your
home Office and if they don't suit you 20
elsewhere. But give your own town a
trial first.
Eggs are excellent food, and now that
they are plenty and cheap, let them be
seen on the table Breakwater
Light.
Certainly Bring them to the table
and take them away again. A dozen will
last many days.
The Lively Four will give their first
grand hop in the x. Of r. Hall this even
ing, when all those who wish trip the
light fantastic should attend.-New CAS-
Tie star
The light fantastic. Brother where
did you catch the quotation. Mighty
pretty, but so stale.
Mr. Henry Carroll of Caroline county
brought HE first herring Of the season
10 the Easlun Market on Thursday.
They were all gobblcd up in short order
by COL Norris -Ea-ton Democrat.
What gobblcr Col. Norris must be-
But it is not much TO gobblc upa herring.
No labor strikes here, No body at
work To strikc.-Brcakwatcr Light.
How do the people pass the time ?
What a -hilllcss town.
Now that the Scaford boys have found
ont how pretty and fascinating our Girls
are the Georgetown young men had hest
look out for their laurels.- Sussex Jour.
nal
We would advise the boys to look after
the girls. The laurels will be all right
after you gel the girl.
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New carpets. All the styles
of the season. Our assortment
of patterns and colorings in
every grade from Administer to
lngrains will be found larger
than ever before and our prices
very low for standard goods.
The ever liked Brussels in
seeming endless variety, and
at from 81 to $3.50 a yard.
When we say Brussels we do
not mean Tapestry; they begin
at 60 cents. Not easy to tell
one from other when down, or
when up for that matter, if a
careless locker. The Tapestry
backs may be color printed to
look like Brussels. Very likely
some Of you have bought Tap
estry as Brussels. There are
low grade Brussels, too, that
you may think better than they
are. Some tricky dealers Il
tell you they're as good as any.
How can you be safe ? Don't
trust your eyes and ears alone;
know the House you deal with.
lngrains from 40 cents to 81
a yard.
Oil-cloths, too, should be
thoughtfully chosen. Ifyou've
ever had the floor covered with
one piece you'll want no more
yard or two-yard-wide stuffs.
We have them up to "a feet
wide, and they can be fitted to
the ms and outs and corners
of any room SO as to make a
new floor without a wrinkle or
a seam.
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ST. NICHOLAS.


SrontrS NV Iot.rs. NJ Aco., a.,d
FpAvT r. S,oc,,'rn, W, n|I IN alu
i''-'' '''o'"' Wy each
author.
a SHORT SERIAL STORY by Mrs. BUR-
NIT, whose charming Little Lord
Fauntleroy has been great feature in
the past year of st. Nicholas.
WAR STORIES FOR BOYS AND GIRLS.
GEN. BADEA, chiof-oi-stalI, biographer,
and confidential friend of General Grant,
and one of the ablcst and most popular
OF living military writers, will contribute
number of papers describing in clear
and vivid style some of the leading bat
ties of the civil war. They will DO pan
oramic descriptions Of single contests o
short campaigns, presenting sort Of
literary gallery Of the grand and
heroic contests in which the parents of
many boy and pirl ofto.dav tool, nort
THE SERIAL STOnIEs incIndc "ffman
and Juanita' an admirably written st"r~
of Mexican life. Inv FrnnSes Conr,orayS,
Baylor, author of 3On Both sidcs". 'o oIscy
"Jennys Boarding. ITouse." nv lanes ,Ho
Otis, story of life in A great civ.
SHORT Articles, instructive and on.
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Things in the Quaker City.

Philadelphia, Feb. "A, lssG.
1t reminds one ola fable to read
the account, of the late election cs-
pacially thar part taken by the
Democratic party The election was
held, but the party which should
have shown signs Of vitality after its
numerous efforts at reform in former
elections got scared at its own shad-
ow and like the ground hog on the
ID of February. went into its hole
only to come forth again underm more
suspicious skic-. Ii is no wonder
the better element Of the historic
party should vote against its noni-
nces, as 1t was enough ,ocrcate nau-
sea IN the stomachs of those who
have Away stuck by their princi-
pies, Every known device was on
tered into 10 make a combination
against the Republicans. which only
sank them deeper in the political
mirc Filters election was a fore
gone conclusion after the Democra
tic candidate had been selected from
the cast off place seekers of the Re
publican household. and when it
was proven that a barter was made
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1887-02-26
The God of Many Money,


Just al'er leaving the Office one even
ing inns week we stopped at the corner
oithe the street and while looking about
TWO llllie girls came along, and the eld-
or OF the two said, I'm some money!
so am l. chlnned the smaller 1t was
wonderful to see how much these chill
dren valued few pennies. So it begins
IN childhood and only ends at the grave
with majority Of people for loving,
clenchlng, squeezing, and holding every
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1887-02-26

Did you ever put on the gloves with
General l.ogan?' asked reporter to-day
ofProies,or Collins the boxing-master.
better known ~ the east iron man"
"llundrcds Of times was the reply.
81 had him under my care for years"
"Was he handy with lis fists ?"
Gle was the best two-handcd man
ever raw in my life. amateur or profcs
sional' said the Professor cmphatically.
"llc was a natural born fighter, never
saw his like. He was a powerful man,
and a hard and quick hitter, never
thought he would die 50 easily. WA.
with him up to within few hours of
his death, and thought that his wonder
nj physique would pull him through"
at has been said that the General was
such q good fighter that on one occasion
he knocked you out. How i. that ask
ed the reporter.
That's the truth" acknowledged the
Professor. 'llc knocked me clear over
q big arm chair that lac had in his room
It was a terrific blow. | gave him two
black eyes in that same encounter and
he carried them with him to the Senate.
senator Oglcsby was spectator Of the
bout, and when it grew warm he tried To
stop it. lie couldn't though The GEN
eral stopped it himself He certainly hit
me hard. The stories about his agilitv
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1887-02-26

Feb: 2S. Darlington Cope, near
Kimbleville, Pa.
Mar. "Wednesday, Mrs. Jane Moody,
living short distance from Newark on
Elkton road.
March 3--Tbursday, w. r. Powell,
Pencader Hid.
Mich. 3-Jas l.. Foard, Farming imple-
ments, horses, COWS, etc, near Cowantown
Md.
March 9---Wednesday, j. &. Hulett
Mill Greek Hid.
March 9---Wednesday, w. W. Calhoun,
Red Lion Hid.
March l4--Monday, &. 7. Brooks, W.
c. C. Hid.
March l5--Tuesday, w. S. Vanc, W. c
c. Hid.
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THINK OF TT.

Made to order for Us,
Il slightly, durable and
stylish pair of Panta.
looms from any one of
several styles of mater
ials that are just the
things for wearing until
spring weather comes.
We are very busy in our
manufacturing depart
ment making up goods
for the coming season,
and our custom orders
are coming in unusually
well for this time Of
year, SO that we are kept
busy even in dull season.
If you have amy idea of
having any clothing
made to order or getting
it ready-made, we cordi-
ally invite you to com
pare our goods and
prices with amy you may
think cheap, us we know
we can sell You the best
value for any amount eX-
pended.
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1887-02-26

What kind of a Lightweight
Overcoat for $7.5o' Better
than you think. Not all wool,
but dressy and good wearer.
Blue and diagonal, and made
with care in every part.
A notch higher, the $40 Mel
ton. Silk-faced and in three
colors, brown, gray and drab.
We never before sold a coat of
this grade for less than $3.50.
Up another peg and the
Riverside Cheviot. Sold last
year for SIS; now SIS and not
scrimpcd in a single stitch.
Equally true of the $40
grade in the same goods. And
of the Auburn Melton and the
Venetian Cloth at $40.
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1887-02-26

Some years ago Charles Busch, a
naturalized German-American accom-
panied by his pretty Italian wife, sailed
for France to accept an engagement MS a
tenor singer in one of the opera COM
panies in Paris. En- route, a child, who
named Charles Herman Busch, was born
10 them. The mother died shortly after
reaching France, and the father soon
followed her The child, having been
born on the high seas, was literally with
out country. The French authorities
refused to administer upon the fathers
estate or provide gurdian for the infant
because neither of the parents was n citi-
zen of the republic. Consul Shackel-
ford could do nothing without permission
from the government.
After two years delay this permission
was finally granted The American
colony in Paris became interested in the
child, who is said to he remarkably
bright and precocious, and fund has
been subscribed sufficient to rear and
educate him until his 10Th year, when an
effort will be made to appoint him a
cadet at the naval academy at Annapolis.
The little fortune of $97, 900 francs. the
proceeds Of his fathers estate, will be
invested for him and placed at his dis
posal when he shall have finished his
education Washington Cor. Chicago
News
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1887-02-26

Arrive Newark Centre station from Phila. a
Wilmington 500 II IN and III and d.i3 pm week
days.
Peninsula express leaves Newark Q. a. a m, ar
rlVesat Baltimore ll.lOam.
Passengers leaving Newark at 500 u. M. ON New
ark and perryville Accommodation may take the
Fast Mail at PcrryVillc for Baltimore 1T Sis an
irving at Union Station at $40 a. M.
Baltimore passenger leave Phila. daily l1..Gp
IN, Chester li.49 p m; Wilmington 1911 IN, ar.
irving Newark l2,4a Il M, Baltimore .. lOul IN,
Wilmington ana Baltimore accommodation on
sundays only leaves Wilmington u p. M leaves
Newark IS p. III stopping at all Intermediate
stations, arriving AT Baltimore 10 p. m.
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1887-02-26

Not time when you expect
big reductions in Spring gar
ments for ladies. You'll won.
der more than ever when you
see the garments. Don't ask
for the aOhy Be content to
know that the prices are way
down; how far down you can
best judge by seeing what other
dealers charge for poorer
goods.
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1887-02-26

More than a hundred styles
of Spring Ulster Cloths, Amer
lean, English, French and
Scotch. You must finger them
to fully feel their weight and
worth. All wool, 81 in, $r.25
to $3.50.
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1887-02-26

The Reynier Suede gloves
for women have come. Can
there be anything better? A
touch like velvet, yet so dura-
bic; substance and elegance, a
button, $3.50; 6 and 8 button
Mousquetaire, SL75 and $2.25.
They are in the new tans, the
new grays and blacks. The
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1887-02-26
The Stage

The last week has drawn the cur
tain on the professional career of
Madame Janauschek on the Phila-
delphian stage. 1t will be sad
parting to the true lovers of the
Charlotte Cushman school ofacting.
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years to do all that is laid out by
this Bullitt bill changes, and there
might be a chance of the whole thing
being repealed by the Legislature if
it should CRATE against the political
machinery of both parties.
The water we have to put up with
here is simply horrible. It's not fit
to even wash with and the laundry
people bring home your clothes with
some trepidation for they are more
discolored than when they were sent
away to be washed. That thunder
storm we had did the tearing up,
which seems to have emptied all the
mud in the Schuylkill valley into
the reservoirs. As it was | had quite
a row with my mother-in-law about
it. She said one eve just as she was
retiring about midnight that it was
an outrage that she had to drink
such water as that | said it was,
but what was fellow to do. | had
tried to filter some, but it was Just as
bad, and | even tied several of my
mother-in-law's half-hose over the
hydrant
well, it is as little as you could
do to go to the nearest pump" she
remarked.
YES, but they took the handle off
at shutdown" l venturcd as IN ex-
cuse.
what did they take that off for?"
my mother-in-law asked.
"Well, you see our hydrant water
is so bad, and all the people in the
neighborhood began to pumpit dry,
and the man who owned the well
thought he'd take the handle in and
save the bottom from being pumped
up-too many dead rats, and cats,
and toads, he said, for his stomach"
| said this for a truth, as | found
man who told me he had to take up
his whole pump as a dead cat was
drawn up in one of the buckets.
Il don't want any pump water if
it is like that, my mother-in-law re-
piled. "Ill 90 without anything to
drink"
IF you don't mind, I'll take the
growler out and get it filed | said,
kind Of soothingly.
"The growler What kind of an
animal is that?" my mother-in-law
anxiously inquired.
"Well, you see its an innovation.
Its an article that has come gener-
ally into use since you Presbyterians
have come the Oliver Cromwell over
the whisky people, and are used
more generally on Sunday than any
other day
What is it? A bull dog?'
"Oh, no. | replied, Its some
thing worse than that. But if you
won't drink the water, | will 60 out
with the growler and get something
you can drink"
"Well, what will you get? m
mighty thirsty. Milk, | suppose"
my fond parent remarked.
"Oh, no, my dear madam. The
growlcr was never used for such
common stuff as milk. 1t was christ
ened for beer, and for beer it is to
remain" explained at last.
"lndced, you wait till | send
out for beer my mother-in-law said
with emphasis, you will have to
wait till my mouth is as parched as
a dried up old hornets nest. None
Of your GROWERS for met
But let me here remark that this
practice is becoming general espe-
cially on Sundays. 1t is the growing
evil. now that the saloons are closed
in front for the butter kettles to be
stopping about the streets full of
beer for private use, procured
through the back entrance.
You would not have known that
Washington's birthday was around
if it hadn't been down in the alman-
acs, no military, no base ball. no
cannons booming. George sleeps.
SPHYNN.
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Services at Newark and Wesley Churches


Wv NNh ". T., VTIIKCH.
Sunday morning Class at 8 o'clock. m.
Preaching at 1880 a. NJ. by Rev.
Vaughn Smith of Wilmington. Del
sabbath School at $50.
Young Mems Prayer mcotingat q O'Clock
All the young men Of the church should
attend
Preaching at $50 p. M. by Rev. Smith.
lass ON Monday night
Glass on Tuesday night
w "Wednesday night prayer meeting at
WESLEY II. =. CHURCH.
rreaching at 2:;n p. III. by Rev j. +.
Williamson
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Sales to Take Place,

Feb. 2G--.John Anderson, per
sonal property, Brick Hill.
Feb. y Elwood Gilmore, per-
sonal property, North Bank SHOPS.
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The CENTURY
for 1869.

The Century is an illustrated montlJy
magazine, having n regular cireunt;on If
about two hundred thousand comics nr,a,,
reaching and sometimes exceedinp two
hundred and twenty-five tnousand
Chief among its many attractions for lhe
coming year is a serial which has been in
active preparation for sixteen years n
is historp of our own country i'm ils
most critical time, as set forth in
THE LIFE OF LINCOLN
BY MS CONFIDENTIAL SECRETARIES
JOHN q. NicoLAY AND COL. JOHN HAY
SPECIAL FEATURES
with illuIrationsj include series Of
articles on affairs ia Russia and Siberia.
byGeorge KEENAN,, author Of Tent Lire
Siberia who has just returned from
most eventiul visit to Siberian PRISONS
papers on the Food Question, with ref
erence to its bearing on the Labor Prom.
lens; English Cathodrals. DR.. Egglcston"
Religious Life in the American Colonies
Men and Women Of Queen Anne's Reirn.
by Mrs. Oliphant; Cairyoyance Spirit
ualism. Astrology, etc, by the Rev. j.
NJ. Buckley, d. D., editor of the Christ
mH ldtocmc astronomical papers; articles
throwing light on the Bible history, etc.
This great work. begun with the sane
ton Of President Lincoln, and continued
under the authority of his son, the Hon.
Robert T. Lincoln, is the only full and
authoritative record of the life of Abra.
ham Lincoln. It's authors were friends
of Lincoln before his presidency: they
were most intimately associated with him
as private secretaries throughout his
term of Office, and to them were trans
ferled upon Lincoln's death all his priv
ate papers. Here will be told the
inside history of the civil war and of Pres
ident Lincoln's administrations
tant details of which have hitherto re.
manned unrevcaled, that they might first
appear in this authentic history. BY rea.
son of the publication f this work.
THE WAR SERIES,
which has been followed with unaapninp
interest 10y great audience, will occupy
less space during the coming year. GET
tysburg will be described by Gen. Hunt
(Chcf Of tie Union Artillery. Gen.
Longstreet, Gen. L. VI. Law, and others;
Chickamagua, 10y Gen. d. ii. Hill Sher-
mans March Ia the sea. by Generals
Howard and Slocum. Generals o. A.
Gilmore. VIM. +. Smith, John Gibbon.
Horace Porter, and John :. Mosby will
describe special battles and incidents.
Stories OF naval engagements, prison life,
etc., etc. wllappear.
NOVELS AND STORIES.
"rhc lIundrcdth Man, novel by
Frank II. Stockton, author of ''The Lady
o. che Tiger ETC. begins IN November,
Two novelties by George w. Gable,
stories 10y Mary lIollocS Foote, "Uncle
Remus,' Julian Hawthorne. Edward